Joseph and Potiphar’s wife quiz

This quiz is based on the story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife found in Genesis 39:1-23 of the English Standard Version (ESV).
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1. Joseph was described as what?

He was described as tall with smooth skin.

He was described as innocent and gentile.

He was described as pious and innocent.

He was described as handsome in form and appearance.

2. Why did Potiphar’s wife begin to look at Joseph lustfully?

It was because Joseph feared the Lord.

It was because Joseph was muscular.

It was because Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

It was because Joseph was pious.

3. What did Potiphar not put under Joseph's care?

His wife

His children

His treasury

His farms

4. What did Potiphar's wife want with Joseph?

She wanted to do business with him.

She wanted to deceive him.

She wanted to have an affair with him.

She wanted to live with him.

5. Why did Joseph refuse Potiphar's wife's demand to have sex with him?

It was because she was the wife of a great man.

It was because he feared the Lord.

It was because she was not beautiful.

It was because she was evil.

6. For how long did Potiphar's wife disturb Joseph with her demand for sex?

Day after day

From time to time

Once a week

Occasionally

7. What did Joseph do when Potiphar's wife held his clothes in an attempt to force him into having sex?

He calmed her.

He accepted her offer.

He shouted for help.

He left his clothes in her hands and ran away.

8. What condition made it possible for Potiphar's wife to try to force Joseph into having sex with her?

Joseph normally praised her beauty.

There was no one in the house except Joseph and Potiphar's wife.

Joseph was immoral.

Joseph normally visited her.

9. What did Potiphar's wife accuse Joseph of when her attempt to have sex with him failed?

She accused Joseph of blasphemy.

She accused Joseph of idolatry.

She accused Joseph of attempting to rape her.

She accused Joseph of theft.

10. What did Potiphar's wife use as evidence against Joseph?

The coins in Joseph's bag

Her tears and somberness

Joseph's clothes that were with her

The bruises on her body

11. What was Joseph's ethnicity?

Arab

Canaanite

Egyptian

Hebrew

12. How did Potiphar react when he heard his wife's accusation against Joseph?

He became angry with his wife.

He became angry with Joseph.

He became sad.

He was indifferent.

13. What part of the prison did Potiphar put Joseph after he was falsely accused?

The part where the king's prisoners were confined

The part where the worst criminals were confined

The part where no one could visit him

The part where he would be isolated

14. What was Potiphar to Joseph?

Friend

Servant

Slave

Master

15. What was Joseph to Potiphar?

Laborer

Slave

Servant

Master

16. In prison what happened to Joseph?

He was beaten to death.

He was put in chains and shackles to prevent him from escaping.

He was put in charge of all the prisoners who were there.

He was beaten always.

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